Leading from the front and the evolving role of the CFO: Perspectives and insights from Byarugaba, on the delicate role being the CFO of Uganda’s Central Bank In our continued coverage of the evolving role of the Chief Finance Office, this week, we feature, Richard Byarugaba, the Executive Director of Finance at the Bank of Uganda, the Country’s Central Bank. He speaks about the delicate role of being the CFO of a central bank, the frequent need to deal with emerging non-finance but all the same strategically important roles such as leading innovations, participating in regulatory and policy frameworks and the execution of key government programmes. Byarugaba, a winner of the Public Sector Award in the ACCA and Deloitte organised CFO Awards 2022, Byarugaba highlights the need for CFOs to get out of their comfort zones and stay ahead of the pack if they are to adequately discharge this kind of higher calling. He also speaks about the increasing challenges of finding people with the right mix of skills as well as the need for finance schools to step up to the challenge of creating future-ready CEOs, after all that future is already here.
